Hello everyone, o walked out this morning to see one of my girls laying on the ground, barley able to walk. When I looked closer her thigh was huge, a little smaller than a golf ball and hard. The skin around it was a purple pink color and she had a scab that was yellow. She showed no signs...
He made a web from one of my bushes to the house! He's SO big! Biggest spider I've ever seem in real life! I put a really big ant in and he wrapped it up in less than 8 seconds! Does anyone know what kind he is?
He he is with the ant all wrapped up:
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In my run I use a netting over top on 6ft fence to keep my chickens from getting out. Here recently I noticed in a few places some small spiders making webs. They weren't bugging me and they are up out of the way. I figured let bygones be bygones until today...
I just took in a Showgirl hen because the owner is I'll and can't take care of her. She thinks it's a spider bite. Massive swelling, puss, some blood...it's right below the base of her head on her neck. I have Vetracycin, BlueKote, antibiotics....what should my course of treatment be? Some one...
I recently had 3 brown recluse spiders in and around my house and I curious to know if ducks eat them. If so, is it safe for them to eat them? What if they get bit?
From what I understand chickens eat them and are just fine. (Correct me if I am wrong.)
I want to do my part in reducing the...